Aurora Safari Chase by big bus, free Photos, toilet onboard
Tromso, Norway
- 5 to 8 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Go in search of the elusive Northern Lights during an evening tour from Tromsø. Leave the city lights behind and head to a specially selected viewing location. Watch the night sky from the comfort of a teepee-style tent or wooden hut with a campfire nearby and, with luck, catch the eerie glow of the Northern Lights. Enjoy hot drinks and snacks, or upgrade to enjoy a hot meal, like reindeer stew or fish soup
- Northern Lights viewing experience by coach from Tromsø
- Venture to a base station specially selected on the day for offering the best chance of sightings
- Scan the dark Lapland skies for these incandescent natural lights
- Enjoy hot drinks and snacks by a campfire or in a traditional Sami hut or lavvo tent
- With luck, witness this surreal natural light show that only appears in far northern locations
- Upgrade to enjoy a hot meal, like reindeer stew or fish soup
What's Included
- DinnerHot meal (soup or stew)
- A knowledgeable and dedicated English-speaking Northern Lights guide
- Transport by comfortable coach with toilets and WiFi onboard
- Scenic, private and safe campsite
- Beautiful Northern Lights video shown on the coach
- Warm meal and hot chocolate, coffee, tea and snacks
- warm thermal suits for use during the stay at the campsite
- Borrow tripod if you want to take photos with your own camera.
- Free photos taken by our guides.
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Tromsø Havn ProstnesetSamuel Arnesens gate 5, 9008 Tromsø, Norway
Our Check-in Desk is located inside Prostneset Bus Terminal, upper floor (address: Samuel Arnesens Gate 5, Tromsø). Once you arrive, please show your voucher at the Desk and after they check you in and provide you with your tickets you will accompanied to your designated bus by your guide.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Operating hours.6:15 pm
Itinerary
Don your warmest clothes and make your own way to a centrally located pickup point in Tromsø. Meet your guide and climb aboard a comfortable, climate-controlled vehicle for the journey into the Norwegian wilderness. As you travel, watch a video about the mystifying science behind the Northern Lights.
On arrival at your specially selected viewing station, opt to sit inside a warm lavvo (teepee-style tent) or beside a campfire.
Gaze upwards at the night sky, admiring dense swathes of stars as you await the fiery green glow of the Northern Lights. Enjoy steaming hot chocolate, coffee, and local snacks, or upgrade to enjoy a hot meal, like reindeer stew or fish soup.
Keep your fingers crossed for an intimate look at one of the world’s most incredible natural phenomena. When the time comes, return to the coach and relax during the journey back to central Tromsø, where the tour concludes.
On arrival at your specially selected viewing station, opt to sit inside a warm lavvo (teepee-style tent) or beside a campfire.
Gaze upwards at the night sky, admiring dense swathes of stars as you await the fiery green glow of the Northern Lights. Enjoy steaming hot chocolate, coffee, and local snacks, or upgrade to enjoy a hot meal, like reindeer stew or fish soup.
Keep your fingers crossed for an intimate look at one of the world’s most incredible natural phenomena. When the time comes, return to the coach and relax during the journey back to central Tromsø, where the tour concludes.
1
Prostneset Bus, Boat & Hurtigruten Terminal
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Troms
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
3
Troms
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
4
Troms
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
5
Prostneset Bus, Boat & Hurtigruten Terminal
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- A vegetarian or non-fish option is available, please advise if you require either at time of booking, using the special requirements field
- Operates in cold weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not suitable for child aged 4 and under
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Most travelers can participate
- The price for the students is the same as the price for youth.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 50 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
Traveler Photos
Featured review
saurabh_o
The guide was very helpful and enthusiastic. We saw the full Aurora eventually after some uncertainty. This was the best part.
Reviews
4.3
based on 96 reviews
Janine_C, Jan 2024
Great experience to tick off bucket list of seeing the Northern Lights. The guides helped us in viewing and photographing. Amazing!
Damien_S, Jan 2024
Our guides, Paolo and Jeanne, were nice and provided a lot of interesting insights about Tromso and the Northern Light phenomenon. We had the chance to see Northern Lights, this was a good day with good solar intensity. Paolo took nice pictures and they can be downloaded for free from the site...if you choose the liw resolution pictures ( 300K). If you want high resolution pictures, it is 300 NOK per picture...it isnot fair
saurabh_o, Dec 2023
The guide was very helpful and enthusiastic. We saw the full Aurora eventually after some uncertainty. This was the best part.
Vladyslav_K, Dec 2023
Nice camp and guides. Provided good explanation of northern light made greate photos and told interesting stories
Deborah_W, Mar 2023
We knew we were unlikely to see the lights due to the weather conditions, but hoped going with a guide, this may have increased our chances.
We travelled 45 minutes to another overcast and snowy area to be welcomed with hot beverages. We waited patiently in a field for an hour and a half with no signs of clearing weather. Not even the moon was visible.
We were provided with hot food (of sorts) totally unappetising, and waited again in a field until 11.45pm even though the snow was getting heavier.
Apple Teresa C, Sep 2018
Title mentioned to Lapland, but actually it's to Norway instead. anyway, overall good experience and very friendly and helpful staff.
KaiXian_T, Mar 2018
Great guide, great snacks, overall a memorable experience.
Abdulla A, Jan 2018
I wish every trip can take your breath away. Loved the glistening alps surrounding the basecamp, the hot chocolate in the cold, the bon fire and cookies. Perhaps one without prior experience would miss on the point of going there - The Northern Lights - if they didn't bring a long a professional camera as mobile phones don't really capture the spectrum as well. Otherwise, a perfect getaway from the office.
Rachael, Dec 2017
Amazing. Our guide William was very knowledgable. The location was great with only a small group of people. We was very lucky the northern lights stayed out for hours and we got some amazing photographs
Mark_B, Mar 2017
A completely disorganised waste of time and money. Whilst I appreciate that there is no guarantee of seeing the Northern Lights, organisation is no excuse. I received no meal...i was only told this on arrival and no camp fire. The guide did not help with setting up my camera even when I asked. Granted though there was not much to see. I sst on the bus for six hours only to get off and see the Finish border. How dull and a huge was of time and money. I would say this was thecwost tour I had ever been on, and I have been on many. Do not use this company is my clar view. I put in a complaint via Viator and to the company.
Michael B, Feb 2017
Suzanna im not sure of spelling was a lovely guide whose knowledge of the northern lights was limitless! had a great time!
Guy_P, Feb 2017
Base station was in a lovely location surrounded by snowy mountains. The coach trip was an easy run from Tromos along the fjord. The base station was less busy and commercialised than I expected, with good amenities. We had some great sightings of the Northern Lights. Our guides were great and very helpful. We met the site owner and we interviewsed by Norwegian TV! Enjoyed a lovely fish soup and homemade foccacia - scrummy. Really enjoyed the whole trip. Thank you
Tim K, Jan 2017
The tour was amazing. We had a lot of luck with the weather. We had a pleasure to see nothern lights in full brightness. I would gladly do it again some time. Would recommend to anyone who loves nature and can handle cold weather.
Bilyana_I, Jan 2017
The travel was comfortable and the tour guide was genuinely friendly and helpful the whole night. The bus ride was about an hour and a half and during this time a documentary was played about the scientific explanation of the Northern Lights, it was interesting :. We were in luck with good weather conditions, and were blessed to enjoy them in all its glory for a good 4 hours. We opted for the tour with the meal, I wasn't impressed. The money added to the tour, for just one bowl of light dinner, was not worth it. The meal was delicious, but there was hardly any meat in it and it was over-priced for me. The environment was very nicely prepared - the fires, the benches, the drinks. Overall we are very pleased with this organisation, and it is definately a night to remember. :
Judy_D, Jan 2017
A really lovely evening where the highlight was our extremely knowlegeable guide who gave us a clear and scientific explanation of everything to do with the northern lights. He was also an expert photographer and took beautiful photos of us showing the northern lights even though cloud cover was quite heavy and the green lights were only just peeping through. This tour uses a big comfortable bus which goes out to one of the base stations, in our case this was a Sami reindeer herder centre where we had a hearty traditional meal around a roaring fire. It was a comfortable homely evening, where we learned a lot, including talking to our Sami host. The lights were disappointing that particular night, had they been good it would have been perfect because of our guide's wonderful photography.
Tony C, Apr 2016
This tour was outstanding! My fiancée and I have always wanted to see the Northern Lights and were not disappointed in Feb 2016. The guides know everything there is to know and are more than happy to take the time to speak with you. Absolutely epic tour and people! Cannot recommend enough.
tricia.burritt, Apr 2016
Pleasant guide and well organised although the size of the coach meant that the route to find the best show of the lights was restricted
Denzel S, Mar 2016
Good value for money as it's much cheaper than private tours and you will see the lights either way unless it's completely overcast. Apparently there are different basecamps that can be used depending on the forecast which is another bonus. Our guide was friendly enough but didn't mention that we could have had our photo taken for later download so not many knew about this. A group photo would have been fun. Thermal suits and tripods are also available if needed but take warm clothes and a decent camera. Overall a good night--clothes smelt of campfire smoke days later!
Marjorie L, Mar 2016
We did see the Northern Lights! No luck till on our way back when they appeared. The driver pulled over to a layby as soon as he could. As the night was cloudy a lot of the time we were fortunate to see anything at all. Of course, the show wasn't as bright as it can be but we did see something.
Ashwin S, Mar 2016
Very knowledgeable and friendly crew, thanks for a pleasant experience.
Martin S, Feb 2016
I like that they have several sites to view the Northern lights from which does improve the chances to view them. The tour guide are very knowledgeable on the subject and also offer advice on how to successfully capture the northern lights with your camera. There were also options to pre-purchase a hot meal and also offer a hot drink. Having a warm room when it's cold outside was also a great feature.
I liked the tour so much I went back again for a second time.
susan d, Feb 2016
went all the way to tromso just to see the lights, and I did !!!! happy bunny
the guides were great
bevanncarr, Feb 2016
Amazing. The show began immediately we arrived and lasted all night. Alexandre, the tour guide was very friendly and knowledgeable and extremely helpful to everyone setting their cameras. Brilliant tour would love to do it again.
Kenneth L, Jan 2016
The tour was great. The host and the driver were really accommodating and helpful and the guide provided a lot of great information. I was led to believe that the provided meal would be more substantial than the fish soup, however the soup was delicious.
Danielle R, Jan 2016
Leading up to this tour i didn't hold out much hope of seeing any lights, as the day before and the day i went out it was cloudy and snowing for the most part. But they take you out to base stations away from the city, and to my surprise, only an hour away, we got clear skies and had a good showing of the lights. Amazing to see. I paid for the meal, which was a surprisingly nice fish soup, the only problem was that i didn't want to waste the time in the hut to eat the soup in case i missed more spectacular lights. Tea, coffee and hot chocolate were available, as was the free use of tripods for your camera if you didn't have one. I certainly made good use of that.
Ray B, Jan 2016
One of the greatest tours I have ever been on.
The lights were fantastic and our guide even set up a camera clinic for those with problems, the whole evening was just fantastic. Great tour Great Guide, Very well organised.
Steven M, Jan 2016
Enjoyable evening with a great tour guide who was knowledgeable and enthusiastic. We experienced brief flashes of the northern lights but not a spectacle on this occasion - cloud cover counted against us.
Laurie C, Jan 2016
Our guide, Ricardo, was great and had a lot of useful and interesting info about the area, the aurora, etc. We went to a great basecamp about 45 minutes away, great reindeer soup and delicious bread and lefse, ability to purchase beer and wine. We sat by the fire and talked and walked around the area a bit. The only drawback I found was that there were too many people - 2 or 3 buses ! With one bus say 50 people it would have been more intimate, but with over 100 it was kind of ridiculous not enough place by the fire, or in the hut and made it a little more chaotic. We sort of saw the lights, they looked more like moving clouds but green in the pictures. Ricardo was great helping set my camera so I could get a good picture. A pretty good experience all in all, just too many people.
Ann P, Dec 2015
Whilst I realise that there are no guarantees, it was obvious on the night I booked that there was no chance of lights, as predicted by aurora forecasts. A two hour drive in the rain to sit for a couple of hours in a cabin then come back again. I didn't book food -felt left out. Should be canceled.
ROBERT M, Dec 2015
Excellent trip very friendly and knowledgeable guides
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